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CentOS 4 : Firefox (CESA-2006:0758)

high Nessus Plugin ID 23942

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated firefox packages that fix several security bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processes certain malformed JavaScript code. A malicious web page could cause the execution of JavaScript code in such a way that could cause Firefox to crash or execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6504)

Several flaws were found in the way Firefox renders web pages. A malicious web page could cause the browser to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2006-6497)

Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain Firefox version 1.5.0.9 that corrects these issues.

Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa6f06d9

http://www.nessus.org/u?d651f0b1

http://www.nessus.org/u?024c0b5f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23942

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0758.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/30/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2006

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Firefox onreadystatechange Event DocumentViewerImpl Use After Free)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6504

BID: 59858, 59859, 59860, 59861, 59862, 59863, 59864, 59865, 59868, 60765, 60766, 60773, 60774, 60776, 60777, 60778, 60783, 60784, 60787, 21668, 59855

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2006:0758